l'exaltation: excitability

2. Strasbourg. Strasburg, the largest city of Northeastern France, capitulated September 27, 1870, after a most destructive bombardment. It has since then belonged to Germany.

3. Châteaudun. This small town lies eighty-four miles south-west of Paris; it was bumed by the advancing Germans, October 10, 1870.

4. Laon. JLaony eighty-seven miles north-east of Paris, was badly damaged by the explosion of its powder-magazine, which a French engineer fired just as the victorious Germans were entering the fortifications.

5. du bon soleil plein ses rues : its streets full of cheerful sunlight,